my code is :

>>> lis=['ALRAGUL','AKAL','to7a']
>>> for i in lis:if i.startswith('AL'): j=lis[lis.index(i)+1] L=list(itertools.repeat(j, 2)) lis[lis.index(i)+1]=Llis[lis.index(i)+1]=i[2: ] lis[lis.index(i)]='AL'
>>> print lis
['AL', 'RAGUL', 'to7a']

But I want the result to become :

['AL', 'RAGUL','AKAL' 'to7a']

and I want it somehow general meaning that the code works with whatever words are and with whatever arrangement of them is For example I want it to split ('AL') under any conditions thx alot :)

Something like this?

def separate(lst, chunk):for n in lst:if n.startswith(chunk):for x in n.partition(chunk)[1:]:yield xelse:yield n

And the output:

In [104]: list(separate(['ALRAGUL','AKAL','to7a'], 'AL'))
Out[104]: ['AL', 'RAGUL', 'AKAL', 'to7a']